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BIRMINGHAM, England, June 9 (UPI) -- No. 11-seeded Anne Keothavong took a quick straight-set victory Tuesday before rains suspended play at the $220,000 Aegon Classic tournament in England.
Keothavong needed just an hour to dispatch Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 6-2 in first-round play at the grass-court tuneup for Wimbledon. Keothavong piled up five service breaks in the victory.
No 16-seeded Melinda Czink took out Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-4, 6-3 and 15th-seeded Aravane Rezai was leading Duque Marino 5-4 in the first set when rains caused the day's play to the stopped.
Stefanie Voegele defeated Carly Gullickson 3-6, 6-4, 7-5; Sania Mirza topped Tatiana Poutchek 6-1, 6-2; Petra Cetkovksa beat Stephanie Foretz 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; Julia Goerges stopped Anastasia Rodionova 6-4, 6-2; Mariya Koryttseva was a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 winner over Youlia Fedossova; and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova took out Ayumi Morita 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in Tuesday's other completed matches.
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CHICAGO, June 2 (UPI) --
Chicago White Sox television broadcaster Ken "Hawk" Harrelson Saturday apologized to an umpire for an on-air tirade, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
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NEW YORK, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Valerie Bertinelli said she wants to lose five pounds so she can again fit into the green bikini she once donned on the cover of People magazine.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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ROME, June 2 (UPI) --
Dogs across Italy are wagging their tails as a new ice cream for man's best friend goes to market.
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